ALL meanings of porphyry
por·phy·ry
P p - noun plural porphyry a very hard rock, anciently quarried in Egypt, having a dark, purplish-red groundmass containing small crystals of feldspar. 1
- noun plural porphyry Petrology. any igneous rock containing coarse crystals, as phenocrysts, in a finer-grained groundmass. 1
- noun porphyry (Malchus) a.d. c233–c304, Greek philosopher. 1
- noun porphyry type of rock 1
- noun porphyry any igneous rock with large crystals embedded in a finer groundmass of minerals 0
- noun porphyry a reddish-purple rock consisting of large crystals of feldspar in a finer groundmass of feldspar, hornblende, etc 0
- noun porphyry original name Malchus. 232–305 ad, Greek Neo-Platonist philosopher, born in Syria; disciple and biographer of Plotinus 0
- noun porphyry an Egyptian rock with large feldspar crystals contained in a purplish groundmass 0
- noun porphyry any igneous rock with large, distinct crystals, esp. of alkali feldspar, embedded in a fine-grained matrix 0